Empires and their Ruins

Where do I start reading?

Or is this actually a Humanities Blog?

I’m sorry I lied, but this might actually be a humanities blog after all. Not much of a surprise is it? Is it a little disappointing? Wait, you don’t have to answer that, I already know what you’re thinking. Remember when your parents told you that if you don’t have anything nice to say, not to say it? Let’s practice that a little (but only for this little introduction).

Corny, clever, or whatever your opinion is of this introduction aside, let’s get to some more serious business. Here on this blog we will be connecting various course topics from this year’s Humanities Core themes to current events. For example we will be taking a look at the concept of empires and how we can apply that to the world today.

Was there ever a chore or task you always dreaded doing, but you knew it had to be done and put up with it anyways? What do I fear doing the most? Well for me, even to this day is doing laundry. The whole process, from start to finish, feels unbearable sometimes. Having to drag … More Tolerating Laundry and Others

Today I’ll be taking a step away from what would normally be current event blogs and instead I’ll be focusing this blog on the beginnings of my research this quarter. If you got a little tired of reading the same style of blogs well I guess this will be quite a refreshing change of pace! … More New Quarter, New Research